It seems like this is become a Health Watch Journal. I have come across some important information and feel that I want to share it with as many people as possible and my journal is one way to do that. I got the following email tonight and want to pass it on to as many women as possible. Please snag this information and post it in your journal or email to your friends and family. After reading this, I hope you go directly to the web site and send your message. Your voice is heard.
From a nurse:
I'll never forget the look in my patients' eyes when I had to tell them
they had to go home with the drains, new exercises and no breast. I remember begging the Doctors to keep these women in the hospital longer, only to hear that they would, but their hands were tied by the insurance companies.
So there I sat with my patient giving them the instructions they needed to take care of themselves, knowing full well they didn't grasp half of what I was saying, because the glazed, hopeless, frightened look spoke louder than the quiet 'Thank you' they muttered.
A mastectomy is when a woman's breast is removed in order to remove cancerous breast cells/tissue. If you know anyone who has had a mastectomy, you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards. Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure. Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery.
Mastectomy Bill in Congress
It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important .. please take the time and do it really quick!
Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill - Important legislation for all women.
Please send this to everyone in your address book.
If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those times. If you're receiving this, it's because I think you will take the 30 seconds to go to vote on this issue and send it on to others you know who will do the same.
There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which
will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the 'drive-through mastectomy' where women a reforced to go home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.
Lifetime Television has put this bill on their Web page with a petition drive to show your support. Last year over half the House signed on.
PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the Web site below. You need not give more than your name and zip code number.
http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
Little Thumper (My favorite character from Bambi)
Megan & Nathan in Zip Line gear 
The kids with their trout. 
Cooking it on the grill the next day for lunch.
worst the characters; murderers, rapists, train and stage robbers, and horse thieves. Once the prisoners had broken out, they split up. One group of 13 headed south. Along the way they robbed several locals and stole more weapons, horses and provisions. Six of this band separated and continued south to escape the posse they were sure was following them. Their leader was a convicted 22 year old murderer named Jones. He had lived and worked in Mono and Inyo Counties for some time and was familiar with the territory. One of the other convicts was named Roberts, an 18 year old convicted stage robber. He had grown up in Long Valley, near Crowley Lake. Because Jones and Roberts knew the area, their plan was to cross over the Sierra Mountains to the western slope where they would be safe from pursuit. Hell bent for leather, they headed towards the Mammoth area, always fearful that a posse was on their tail. 
Unknown to them the original posse chasing them got tired and gave up within 2 days.They were only being trailed by a resident they had robbed along the way who was set on getting his stolen horses and guns back. 
They had violated the community and the citizens were bent on revenge! Not realizing what they had brought down on themselves, they continued their flight south towards Benton Crossing, a settlement just east of here at the foot of the White Mountains, with plans to turn westward toward what was know as Monte Diablo Creek and Lake; then across the Sierra Nevada to safety. By Friday morning, September 22 a new posse of 10 men, lead by Sheriff Robert Morrison, and guided by an Indian deputy named Mono Jim, was hot on their trail. By Friday evening the posse caught up with the convicts camped by, what was then called, Monte Diablo Creek. They decided to spend the night at a nearby ranch and to confront the convicts in the morning. 
drove the posse, except Sheriff Morrison, back into the woods. All of a sudden, Morrison had a clear shot at Black, he pulled the trigger, the pistol cap exploded, but the gun didn't fire. Black turned and shot Morrison in the side. Then he walked up to Morrison and shot him in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Morton and Black then took some pistols and horses left behind by the fleeing posse and headed up the canyon to get away.
The other two with him were eventually captured on the east side of the White Mountains, the range you can see from Convict across the Caldaria to the East, and returned to prison in Carson City. A new posse formed to track down and take revenge on Morton, Black and Roberts for killing Sheriff Morrison and Deputy Mono Jim. It was September 27th when they finally captured Morton and Brown just north of Bishop. Roberts was nowhere to be found. Black was wounded during the capture, but survived. Morton and Brown claimed Roberts had killed Morrison, which caused the posse to resume their search for Roberts. Two days later they caught up with Roberts. When heconfronted Morton, it was obvious to the posse that Morton and Black had killed Morrison and Mono Jim and that Jones, with Morton, had killed Billy Poor.
the guards turned over the prisoners to the vigilantes. They took the convicts to a nearby cabin and held a trial. After only a short deliberation, the votes were taken. The "jury" agreed that Morton and Brown should be hung at once and that Roberts, the boy stage robber, would be sent back to jail. By November 15th, 18 of the original 29 convicts had been captured, Morton and Brown were hung, and Jones and 9 others were still at large. The escape had caused a great deal of controversy and dispute throughout southern Nevada, both Inyo and Mono Counties in eastern California.
Boat Marina
Boat Launch Ramp
Steven and Jill (aren't they adorable???!!!)
Jill and Steven
The Prom Queen and her date. What a fun night!
My daughter, Cari and son, Bryan
Nathan in the bounce house.
Andrew ready to slide.
Cari and Megan
The kids on the jungle gym. Megan is sliding down and Andrew is climbing up.
Andrea and Bud - Our hosts for the day.
A good shot of the bounce house.
Mr. Smily Pants - Matthew at 3 1/2 months. 
Another cute one of Matthew talking to me.
All the little girls with a make up kit.
Nathan giving grandma his best smile.
Andrew going up the gym. Look at those shorts! Just cracked me up.
Mission accomplished, now he's coming down.
At night, waiting for the fireworks. We had our chairs set up at the end of the driveway.
Bryan and his friend, Mike would set the fireworks on the ladder and light them. It made for a better view of the sparkle.
More of the crowd. 
One of the displays. Wooooooo 
